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Sunday, November 8, 2015

Well, hello there...

9pm on a random Sunday evening seems like the perfect time to bring this poor blog back to life. Why not?!

Life has been crazy. Isn't it for everyone? We'll play a quick game of catch up and then I'll do my best to be a more regular blogger. I miss the outlet. I miss writing. I also miss reading back over the things I've written. So maybe, just maybe, this time for real, this comeback will truly happen.

Random bullet points of what's been happening and really whatever comes to mind:

We bought a house. Officially grownups now. It takes a lot of work.

4/5 of my children are now in school all day. (Jonny started kindergarten in the fall.)

I was trying to figure out what I want to do with my life once Euan starts school in 2 years (besides running all day of course) and decided I should go back to school too.

I enrolled at a local community college to take a few pre req courses I need in order to apply for the nursing program.

I'm a little over halfway through the first term.

I'm taking 11 credits. Two classes on campus and one online.

I like being a student.

It's hard being a student and a mom.

Sometimes I fail a bit at both.

I'm getting better at not procrastinating things.

When I procrastinate my school work, then things come up (like having to take Euan to urgent care) and I have to scramble to get my school work done in time.

Euan had to have two staples in his head last night.

He dove off the piano and ended up bleeding.

I wasn't sure if he needed to go in, but all my good pediatric friends were unavailable for consult, so I figured I probably shouldn't mess around with a profusely bleeding head wound (it actually looked worse in person).

Plus, my mom said it'd would be a good idea to have it checked out.

One is never too old to ask their mom for help.

He's going to be just fine. Staples were probably a bit excessive, but they didn't offer me the glue at Urgent Care.

Running is awesome.

We're between training plans at the moment but working towards accomplishing 2015 miles for the year.

5 comments:

Dang! The head looks bad. Glad you went in, but that kind of thing is always hard to judge. Stitches .. or no? It's a tough balance, but it sounds like you are doing a great job of it. AND getting a blog written! wow. I took my jog stroller to play it again sports. I probably should have kept it, but since all the boys ride bikes now it helped fund my hood to coast trip.

I went back to school a few years ago and got my nursing degree! Such a good decision. I've been an RN for almost a year now. Love it so much. And yes--it's SUPER hard balancing family and school, but it's worth it on the other side :)

I can't believe it took me so long to read this - we're both getting worse at this blogging thing rather than better! :)First, Happy Birthday this week!Second, OMG, I cannot WAIT for you to run the AR 50!!!!! As you may know, it is one of my most favorite races ever, and I am secretly hoping to run it again myself this year! (It falls right smack dab in the middle of track season, and it's on a Saturday, so we frequently have a conflict with a meet and I don't like to miss meets.) Either way, if I run it or not, I would LOVE to meet up with you. And I'm happy to offer help in the way of answering course questions and whatnot, since it's right here in my back yard. :)

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A little about me...

I'm a mother of five and obsessed with running. I'm married to a great guy who is willing to support and even encourage my running habits. We're happy to be be living in Eugene were there are an abundance of tracks and trails to run on. Go Ducks!